Moscow paid Orthodox priests, organised a vote-buying scheme and set up training camps to interfere in Moldova’s elections, according to La Repubblica. The reported operations were intended to try to bring down the country’s pro-Western government.
On July 15, 2026, the U.S. State Department announced a grants program offering up to $3 million per award to European organizations and individuals aligned with the MAGA movement. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned against American interference in Germany's regional elections scheduled for September 2026. The program is administered by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), an agency originally founded under President Carter to promote democracy and human rights, now redirected by the Trump administration. Former U.S. officials describe the initiative as an effort to give far-right European groups an "unfair advantage."
